I, a cis woman, literally have been assaulted when trying to use a public bathroom because a TERF who had been handing out leaflets outside (it was a city centre public restroom) had decided that I must be trans, and thus my (rather large) boobs must be fake.

It's part of why I think it's so important for cis women to leverage the privilege we have in this context to speak out against transphobia. Experiences like mine underscore the fact that their rhetoric "we care about protecting [cisgender] women" is blatantly bullshit — all they care about is hurting trans women.

(Though it's also important to avoid coming across like I'm saying "transphobia is a problem now that it's affecting me, a cis woman!". If things were framed that way, then I would be reinforcing the transphobia that I seek to oppose. But figuring out how to be clear about your intention is just a part of learning how to effectively leverage one's privilege. I find that I'm most able to be clear when I use my experiences as part of a larger point about how feminism needs intersectional solidarity to be effective)

But yeah, I am legit scared of using public restrooms as a result of bad experiences. I remember when I first had a panic attack about this, following this bad experience (and a few other ones that were less bad, but still upsetting), and I was like "oh damn, do I have some capital-T Trauma about this?")